ATP Challenger Series 1988

The following table shows the tournaments of the 1988 ATP Challenger Series professional men's tennis season . It consisted of 92 tournaments with a purse of $ 25,000 to $ 75,000. It was the eleventh edition of the Challenger tournament cycle.

Tournament schedule

January

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
11.01.	Heilbronn	Heilbronn Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Carpet (i)	Udo Riglewski	Udo Riglewski Jaromir Becka
January 18	Viña del Mar	Viña del Mar Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Jim Courier	Ricardo Acuña Luke Jensen

February

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
02/15	Liege	Liege Challenger	$ 50,000	32E / 16D	Carpet (i)	canceled after first round
02/22	Nairobi	Nairobi Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Paul Wekesa	Charles Bud Cox Stephan Medem
	Vienna	Vienna Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Carpet (i)	Omar Camporese	Mark Basham Charles Beckman

March

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
07.03.	Cairo	Cairo Challenger	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	sand	Jordi Arrese	Josef Čihák Cyril Suk
	Madeira	Madeira Challenger I	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Javier Sánchez	David Felgate Nick Fulwood
14.03.	Marrakech	Marrakesh Challenger	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	sand	Franco Davín	Christer Allgårdh Conny Falk
21.03.	Agadir	Agadir Challenger	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	sand	Jordi Arrese	Josef Čihák Cyril Suk
	Martinique	Martinique Challenger	$ 50,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Patrick Baur	Pieter Aldrich Diego Nargiso
	São Paulo	São Paulo Challenger I	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Sand (i)	Alberto Mancini	Pablo Albano Dácio Campos
28.03.	Graz	Graz Challenger	$ 50,000	32E / 16D	Hard court (i)	Alexander Antonitsch	Denys Maasdorp Torben Theine
	Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe Challenger	$ 50,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Pieter Aldrich	David Dowlen Marcel Freeman
	San Luis Potosí	San Luis Potosí Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Peter Doohan	Luis Herrera Javier Ordaz

April

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
04/04	Madeira	Madeira Challenger II	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Francisco Roig	Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge
04/11	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro Challenger	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	carpet	Javier Frana	Bruce Derlin Tony Mmoh
	Jerusalem	Jerusalem Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Gilad Bloom	Shlomo Glickstein Shahar Perkiss
April 18	Vilamoura	Vilamoura Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Barry Moir	Peter Doohan Michael Fancutt
04/25	Lisbon	Lisbon Challenger	$ 50,000	32E / 16D	sand	Alberto Mancini	Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge
04/27	Nagoya	Nagoya Challenger	$ 50,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Andrew Castle	Glenn Layendecker John Letts

May

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
09.05.	Salzburg	Salzburg Challenger	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	sand	Bruno Orešar	Damir Keretic Diego Pérez
	Itu	Itu Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Mauro Menezes	Marcos Hocevar Alexandre Hocevar
	Raleigh	Raleigh Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Barry Moir	David Macpherson Simon Youl
	Waiblingen	Waiblingen Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Roland Stadler	Rikard Bergh Julian Barham
05/30	Montabaur	Montabaur Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Markus Rackl	João Cunha e Silva Wojciech Kowalski

June

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
06.06.	Dijon	Dijon Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	carpet	Ronnie Båthman	Howard Endelman Gavin Pfitzner
13.06.	Parioli	Parioli Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Massimo Cierro	Andreas Lesch Torben Theine
June 20	Clermont-Ferrand	Clermont-Ferrand Challenger	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	sand	Marcelo Filippini	Rill Baxter Jörgen Windahl
	Salou	Salou Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Mark Koevermans	Marcelo Hennemann Jean-Marc Piacentile
06/27	Tarbes	Tarbes Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Eduardo Osta	João Cunha e Silva Jörgen Windahl

July

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
04.07.	Dublin	Dublin Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	carpet	Neil Broad	Neil Broad Stefan Kruger
	Travemünde	Travemünde Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Conny Falk	Igor Flego Mark Koevermans
07/11	postage	Porto Challenger	$ 50,000	32E / 16D	sand	Paul Dogger	Michiel Schapers Huub van Boeckel
	Tampere	Tampere Challenger	$ 50,000	32E / 16D	sand	Andres Võsand	Igor Flego Mark Koevermans
	São Paulo	São Paulo Challenger II	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Luiz Mattar	Givaldo Barbosa Ricardo Camargo
07/18	Hanko	Hanko Challenger	$ 50,000	32E / 16D	sand	Lawson Duncan	Morten Christensen Michael Tauson
	Johannesburg	Johannesburg Challenger I	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	race	Neil Broad	Mike DePalmer Gary Donnelly
	Fuerth	Fürth Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Hans-Dieter Beutel	Michael Stich Martin Sinner
	Santos	Santos Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Danilo Marcelino	Danilo Marcelino Mauro Menezes
25.07.	Aptos	Aptos Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Brad Pearce	Jeff Klaparda Peter Palandjian
	Campos	Campos Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Cássio Motta	Ivan Kley Fernando Roese
	Ulm	Ulm Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Raul Viver	Michael Stich Martin Sinner

August

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
08/01	Geneva	Geneva Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Gustavo Giussani	Nevio Devide Stefano Mezzadri
	Lins	Lins Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Danilo Marcelino	Givaldo Barbosa Ricardo Camargo
	Seattle	Seattle Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Glenn Layendecker	Buff Farrow Jim Gurfein
08.08.	Crans-Montana	Crans Montana Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Guillermo Rivas	Peter Svensson Lars-Anders Wahlgren
	Knokke-Heist	Knokke Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Per Henricsson	David Ison Richard Whichello
	Winnetka	Winnetka Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Jeff Tarango	Ricardo Acuña Royce Deppe
08/15	San Marino	San Marino Challenger	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	sand	Paolo Canè	Christer Allgårdh Josef Čihák
	Eger	Eger Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Karel Nováček	Jaroslav Bulant Vojtěch Flégl
	New Haven	New Haven Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Vijay Amritraj	Jeff Klaparda Peter Palandjian
	East End	Ostend Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Gerardo Vacarezza	Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren
08/22	Pescara	Pescara Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Josef Čihák	Ronnie Båthman Alessandro De Minicis
	Rümikon	Rumikon Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Markus Zoecke	Jan Apell Veli Paloheimo
08/29	Azores	Azores Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Nick Fulwood	Nduka Odizor Eric Winogradsky
	Nyon	Nyon Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Jörgen Windahl	Hugo Núñez Raúl Viver
	Verona	Verona Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Massimo Cierro	Ronnie Båthman Stefan Svensson

September

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
05.09.	Genoa	Genova Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Paolo Canè	Peter Svensson Lars-Anders Wahlgren
	Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Olli Rahnasto	Morten Christensen Steve Guy
12.09.	Messina	Messina Challenger	$ 50,000	32E / 16D	sand	Claudio Panatta	Simone Colombo Nevio Devide
	Budapest	Budapest Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Roland Stadler	Denis Langasken's Eduardo Masso
	Johannesburg	Johannesburg Challenger II	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Matt Anger	Neil Broad Stefan Kruger
19.09.	Brisbane	Brisbane Challenger	$ 25,000	64E / 32D	Hard court	Laurie Warder	Paul Kronk Peter Wright

October

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
03.10.	Estoril	Estoril Challenger	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Javier Sánchez	João Cunha e Silva Jean-Philippe Fleurian
	Casablanca	Casablanca Challenger	$ 50,000	32E / 16D	sand	Josef Čihák	Josef Čihák Cyril Suk
	Coquitlam	Coquitlam Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Stark	Joe De Foor Bruce Man Son Hing
10.10	Las Vegas	Las Vegas Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court (i)	Andrew Sznajder	Shelby Cannon Greg Van Emburgh
17.10.	Cherbourg	Cherbourg Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court (i)	Scott Davis	Jan Apell Peter Nyborg
October 24	Mountains	Bergen Challenger	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	Carpet (i)	Tom Nijssen	Petr Korda Cyril Suk
	Singapore	Singapore Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	race	Steve Guy	Tim Pawsat Brad Pearce
October 31	Bossonnens	Bossonnen's Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court (i)	Olli Rahnasto	Hugo Núñez Branislav Stankovič
	Nugra Santana	Nugra Santana Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Shane Barr	Tim Pawsat Brad Pearce

November

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
07.11.	Acapulco	Acapulco Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Eduardo Velez	Shelby Cannon Greg Van Emburgh
	Helsinki	Helsinki Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Carpet (i)	Veli Paloheimo	Luke Jensen Peter Palandjian
	Guangzhou	Guangzhou Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Leander Paes	Steve DeVries John Sobel
11/14	Brasília	Brasília Challenger	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Luiz Mattar	Danilo Marcelino Mauro Menezes
	Valkenswaard	Valkenswaard Challenger	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	Carpet (i)	Wally Masur	Patrick Baur Udo Riglewski
	Mexico city	Mexico City Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Tom Mercer	Peter Doohan Michael Fancutt
	Strasbourg	Strasbourg Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Sand (i)	Marko Ostoja	Juan Carlos Báguena Borja Uribe
11/21	Cape Town	Cape Town Challenger	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Jimmy Arias	Matt Anger Greg Holmes
	Copenhagen	Copenhagen Challenger	$ 50,000	32E / 16D	Carpet (i)	Derrick Rostagno	Gilad Bloom Wojciech Kowalski
	Munich	Munich Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Carpet (i)	Alexander Volkov	Igor Flego Goran Ivanišević
	Hobart	Tasmania Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Charlton Eagle Paul Mick
11/28	Brest	Brest Challenger	$ 50,000	32E / 16D	Hard court (i)	Luke Jensen	John Letts Bruce Man Son Hing
	Durban	Durban Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Gary Muller	Michael Robertson Tim Wilkison
	Ogbe	Ogbe Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	Jean-Philippe Fleurian Nduka Odizor
	São Paulo	São Paulo Challenger III	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Cássio Motta	Givaldo Barbosa Ricardo Camargo

December

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
05.12.	Cascais	Cascais Challenger	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	Carpet (i)	Eduardo Masso	Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh
	Muenster	Munster Challenger	$ 75,000	32E / 16D	Carpet (i)	Michael Stich	Alexander Volkov Andrei Olchowski
	Ikeja	Ikeja Challenger	$ 50,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	Jean-Philippe Fleurian Nduka Odizor
	Bogotá	Bogotá Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Gustavo Giussani	Fabian Blengino Gustavo Giussani
12.12.	Sofia	Sofia Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Carpet (i)	Johan Vekemans	Adrian Marcu Florin Segărceanu

• ¹ start of the tournament (without qualification)
• ² The abbreviation "(i)" (= indoor) means that the tournament in question was held in a hall.

Web links

• Tournament overview on the website of the ATP (English)

See also

• 1988 Grand Prix